 I gazed— and gazed— but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And...  Everyday Classics: Primer-eighth Reader - Page 103by Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Woodland - Animals - 1868 - 186 pages
...beside them danced ; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, 111 such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed —...show to me had brought : For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - Bible - 1870 - 860 pages
...waves iu glee ; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company ; I gazed— and gazed— bat little thought What wealth the show to me had brought : For oft, when on my conch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye, Which Is the bliss of solitude... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1870 - 236 pages
...them danced, but they Outdid the fparkling waves in glee : — A Poet could not but be gay, In fuch a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed — but little thought What wealth the mow to me had brought : For oft when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in penfive mood, They flam upon... | |
 | William Osborn (schoolmaster) - 1871 - 114 pages
...waves beside them danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed —...show to me had brought : For oft, when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye, Which is the bliss of solitude... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Superexlibris - 1871 - 630 pages
...waves beside them danced ; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In .such a jocund company: I gazed — and gazed —...show to me had brought : For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye AVhtch is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be gay r came ; The nobler natnre within him stirred To life..."Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog lie, In vacant 'or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude... | |
 | 1859 - 446 pages
...waves beside them danced; but they Ont-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed — and gazed —...show to me had brought. " For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant, or in pensive mood, They flash upon the inward eye Which is the bliss of solitnde ;... | |
 | American literature - 1879 - 592 pages
...waves beside them danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay. In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed —...show to me had brought " For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...waves beside them danced ; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company ! I gazed — and gazed —...show to me had brought : For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : — A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed—...thought What wealth the show to me had brought • For jft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the... | |
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